Well, I've never been in a touring rock band, it was all just high school and college, playing toga parties in frat houses.

As far as my notoriety or whatever, I haven't been the star of a hit film.

I love costumes. I love getting dressed up because it really helps my imagination make the leap to believe that I am who I say I am.

People are always going to identify with what it's like living in society and have people judge you in certain ways, and how you can be strong enough to be your own person and all those good things.

I guess Ive always wanted to push the boundaries as an actor.

When you speak in another accent, it affects you. You can't help but be changed by it.

Yeah, I’ve played a lot of instruments, and I played in a lot of bands growing up and I’ve even had to play music in a lot of films that I’ve done.

There are so many things that have to go right for a movie to be good that it's a miracle whenever one is.

The thing with being able to do accents is that it's still completely separate from being an actor.

It's great to play a rock star. Maybe not so great to be one.

Anybody who is in freelance work, especially artistically, knows that it comes with all the insecurity and the ups and downs. It's a really frightening life .

One more soldier of the Cross has taken up his crown

I believe the road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master IN THAT LINE. I have no faith in the policy of scattering one's resources. Andrew Carnegie

You’re not really grown until you’ve lost your heroes.

I was glad I liked chemistry.

There's four sides to every story... If these walls could talk, they'd probably still ignore me.

The inhabitants of Canada appeared to be suffering between two fires,--the soldiery and the priesthood.

I was less successful in my attempts to effect preventive vaccination against typhus by using the virus and in trying to produce large quantities of serum using large animals

If you travel as much as we do, you appreciate the improvements in aircraft design of less noise and more comfort - provided you don't travel in something called economy class, which sounds ghastly.

To gain riches is wise; to pay for riches with happiness is foolish.

Heaven lies about us in our infancy! Shades of the prison-house begin to close upon the growing boy.